Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Detected Extramural Venous Invasion in Rectal Cancer before and after Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy: Diagnostic Performance and Prognostic Significance.

Eun Sun LeeMin Ju KimSung Chan ParkBo Yun HurJong Hee HyunHee Jin ChangJi Yeon BaekSun Young KimDae Yong KimJae Hwan Oh

Published in: European radiology (2017)

• Diagnostic performance of MRI for EMVI after preoperative chemoradiotherapy is good. • The mean DFS was lower in yMR-EMVI-positive than yMR-EMVI-negative patients. • MRI can facilitate prognosis prediction of rectal cancer patients with preoperative chemoradiotherapy.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
locally advanced
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
squamous cell carcinoma
diffusion weighted imaging
newly diagnosed
computed tomography
radiation therapy
prognostic factors
magnetic resonance
patient reported outcomes